Facebook: Send Us Your Naked Photos To Stop Revenge Porn

Sunday, May 27th 2018, 7:14 AM CDT

By CBS News

Facebook is expanding its fight against revenge porn with a pilot program that asks users to send their naked photos so Facebook can block the photos before someone else shares them. Facebook's been testing the system in Australia and is extending the trial to the U.S., Britain and Canada, BBC News reports.

In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Facebook's Global Head of Safety Antigone Davis said the company was updating its pilot program targeting the non-consensual sharing of images on the platform. Rather than having to report an image after it's already been shared around Facebook (the company already has a system in place for reporting and removing those images), Facebook will let users upload an image before it's been seen by others, CNET reports.

Facebook users worried about intimate images being shared on Facebook, Instagram or Messenger can contact their relevant local organization and submit a form. Facebook's Global Head of Safety Antigone Davis told BBC News' Newsbeat that the photos will only be seen by "a very small group of about five specially trained reviewers," BBC News reports.